Deploying the Enterprise Manager 10g Linux Management Agent

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Deploying the Enterprise Manager 10g Linux Agent

Purpose

This module describes how to deploy the Oracle Enterprise 10g Linux Management Agent.

Topics

This lesson will discuss the following:

	Overview
	Prerequisites
	Installing the Enterprise Manager 10g Linux Agent
	Verifying that your Database was Discovered in Grid Control

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Overview

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Using the Universal Installer on the Database target host machine, you will deploy the Oracle Enterprise 10g Linux Management Agent so that your database is discovered automatically in Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control.

Prerequisites

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In order for this lesson to work successfully, you will need to have performed the following:

Reviewed and fulfilled the requirements in the PreInstallation Considerations section of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Installation and Basic Configuration 10g Release 1 (10.1) Documentation.

Complete the Installing Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Using a New Database lesson.

Complete the Installing the Oracle Database 10g lesson.

Installing the Enterprise Manager 10g Linux Agent

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To install the Oracle software you must use the GUI installer.

1.	Login to the Linux box as user oracle and mount the Oracle Database 10g CD. Change directory to the CD and execute the script runInstaller. ./runInstaller
2.	At the Welcome window, click Next.
3.	At the Specify File Locations window, change the Destination name to 10gAgent and the path to /u01/app/oracle/product/10gAgent and click Next.
4.	Make sure the Installation Type Additional Management Agent is selected and click Next.
5.	Specify your Management Service Host Name and click Next.
6.	You may receive a security communication warning. Click OK.
7.	At the Summary screen, review what will be installed and click Install.
8.	You will see the progress window.
9.	When the Setup Privileges window appears, open a new terminal window
10.	You need to execute root.sh as the root user. Open a terminal window and enter the following commands: cd $ORACLE_BASE/product/10gAgent su <rootpassword> ./root.sh exit exit
11.	Switch back to the Universal Installer window and click OK.
12.	The Configuration Assistants Window will appear.
13.	Your installation is now complete. Click Exit.
14.	Click Yes to exit. Note: you will need to run the installation on each target host that you want to discover in Grid Control.

Verifying that your Database was Discovered in Grid Control

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To verify that the database you just created was discovered automatically in Grid Control, perform the following steps:

1.	Open your browser and enter the following URL: http://<gridhost.domain.com>:7777/em Login as the SYSMAN user and click Login.
2.	The Homepage appears. Click the Targets tab.
3.	You see a list of all the discovered Hosts. Click on the host where the database you just created resides.
4.	Information about the Host is displayed. Click the Databases subtab.
5.	Select the database you just created.
6.	Information about your database is displayed. Your database was created and discovered successfully in Grid Control.

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